[Evaluation of changes in a contingent of day hospital patients according to the results of a follow-up study]. / Otsenka izmenenii kontingenta bol'nykh dnevnogo statsionara po dannym katamnesticheskogo issledovaniia.

A comparative study of the mentally ill patients admitted to the hospital for the first time annually over five years (1975-1979) made it possible to establish some tendencies in changes in this population. The follow-up data obtained within a period of 3-5 years were studied. The analysis showed that the inpatient treatment proved to be effective both in controlling the disease in various groups of patients and in altering the composition of the inpatients over the last five years.